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. 2015 Feb;70(2):114–119. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2015(02)08

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of 43 patients with cement-augmented bone cement-injectable cannulated pedicle screws in the osteoporotic spine.

Variable Value
Mean age, years; mean±SD (range) 60.4±11.6 (46 to 82)
Gender (n; M:F) 13:30
Mean follow-up duration, months; mean±SD (range) 15.7±5.6 (6-35)
Mean BMD, T-score; mean±SD (range) -3.13±0.62 (-2.5 to -4.7)
Preoperative diagnosis, n (%)/the number of CICPS, n
Lumbar spondylolisthesis 17*) (49.0%)/49
Lumbar disc herniation/lumbar spinal stenosis 15 (34.9%)/38
Vertebral fracture 7 (16.3%)/20
Ankylosing spondylitis 4 (9.3%)/18
Total 43 (100%)/125

CICPS: bone cement-injectable cannulated pedicle screw.

*: one patient had a solid screw that loosened after the first operation; the second operation used a CICPS.